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A young Ashburton mum who founded an initiative to help struggling families grow their own fruit and vege has been named as the supreme winner of NZ Gardener 2011 Gardener of the Year Awards, announced today.
A group of environmental organisations that last year successfully defended national parks from mining is asking the government to keep its promise to give New Zealanders a say about a new plan to mine conservation land on the Denniston Plateau.
Nelson mum returns from Green Roadie film trip suggesting ‘Organic Nation’ for NZ Tuesday, 13 December 2011, 4:05pm Press Release: Emma Heke Award winning Nelson filmmaker, mum and passionate greenie Emma Heke and her seven year old son Connor are back from their South Island road trip filming other families who are living the green […]
Luminate will be held again this summer from 1-8 February at Canaan Downs. The earth-friendly festival of music, dance, art and culture has a focus on environmental sustainability, intentional community, knowledge sharing, creativity and inspiration, and is set in a mountain location surrounded by native bush. The vision for Luminate is for people to gather […]
Forest & Bird today backed the New Zealand Conservation Authority’s recommendation that a single government agency be made responsible for protecting our outstanding rivers. The NZCA today released a report, Protecting New Zealand’s Rivers, in response to the lack of protection of our rivers as water quality continues to decline, leaving many lowland rivers unsafe […]
An award ceremony in Auckland last week has cemented Ziptrek Ecotour’s place among some of New Zealand’s most sustainable businesses. The eco adventure company, based in Queenstown, won the marketplace category in the Sustainable 60 Awards, run by Fairfax Media Business Group and PwC. The marketplace category awards companies that have used sustainable business practices […]
Environmental idealists Richmond Plains have released their first wine in New Zealand’s lightest 750ml glass bottle. Weighing in at a mere 325 grams and at just over 1kg full of wine – it’s lighter than some other bottles empty. “We genuinely do care for the environment” says Lars Jensen owner of Richmond Plains organic wines. […]
Forest & Bird today congratulated dairy giant Fonterra for introducing a new requirement on their farmer suppliers to keep stock away from waterways.
New Zealand’s most sustainable companies were recognised at the Sustainable 60 Awards,
run by Fairfax Media Business Group and PwC, in Auckland last night.
Michael Robilliard is the design mind behind a unique rammed-earth family cottage under construction near Clifton in Golden Bay. The Sydney-based architect didn’t have to look far for the perfect wall material for the project either, in this case FXG (Fines ex Grizzleys) road base metal direct from the Solly’s crusher at Tarakohe quarry. “We […]
A big community effort has cleared 7.5 tonnes of rubbish from Tasman Bay beaches. Around 540 people took part in the in the Tasman Bay Big Beach Clean-up held on Saturday 19 November for the second year. They collected rubbish from 295 kilometres of coast from Abel Tasman National Park to Cable Bay. Department of […]
